Should be pretty clear to you by now that I love Ultra Nate. She's certainly on anyone's shortlist of great House Music divas. She's been through the mainstream wringer and the underground too. As an artist, her career ought to be taught in those Discovery Center management classes as a blueprint - nobody, ever, has done it better (and is and is still doing it, in fields like promotions in that many artists of her stature deign as not worth their time). She's worked with some of the greatest production teams in House Music history and her body of work is second to none. And I can say as an editor, she gives great interview.
And she's also become a fantastic DJ. Her mix for 5 Magazine is one of the most popular we've ever done - partly, no doubt, from people with a skeptical eye checking out her chops but also because it's really fucking good. People have a right to be jaded, too - there have been more "celebrities" sullying the name of DJing than ever, but the proof is in the mix.
Ultra maintains a podcast at podomatic.com - their players are ugly and that site is seriously a mess, so let's see if we can't spread the love over here. This is episode 6 - you can download the MP3 over there.
Playlist:
01: Better Way - Darryl D'Bonneau
02: La Mezcla - Michel Cleis ft. Toto La Mompasina
03: Glad I Found You (Instrumental) - Yasmeen (Scott Wozniak Mix)
04: Oh Lord - Mishal Moore
05: Work Me - KT Brooks
06: So Sexy - Peven Everett
07: The Awakening - Julius Papp
08: Rockin' After Midnite - Marvin Gaye (Quentin Harris Mix)
09: Up To You - Lady Alma
10: Breaker's Theme - Mr. V
11: Headphone Silence - Dennis Ferrer
